Improvement in sticks for dipping stamens for artificial flowers



A. GI-RAUDAT.

'swzcxs FOR mrrnm STAMENS FOB. ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS. No.175,070. PatentedMarch 21,1876.

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NJE'ERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAFKER, WASHINGTON, D C

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn AMBROSE GIBAUDAT, OF NEUVY, (NOBIWOOD P.0.,) NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN STICKS FOR DIPPING STAMENS FOR ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 75,070, dated March21, 1876; application filed January 7, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AMBROSE GIRAUDAT, ofNeuvy, (Norwood P. O.,) in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in. Sticks for HoldingThreads for Dipping Stamens, of which the following is a specificationFigure l is a side view of one of my improved sticks, part being brokenaway to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the sametaken through the line a: 00, Fig. 1. Fig. 3'is across-section of thesame taken through the line y 3 Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingparts.

Thobject of this invention is to furnish improved sticks for holdingthreads for the stamens of artificial flowers while being cut intolengths, and while being dipped to form anthers, seed-vessels, fruit,Ste, upon their ends, and which shall be simple in construction andconvenient in use.

The invention consists in the hook and the spring-clamps in combinationwith the parts ofthe stick, and in the combination of the three cordswith the faces of the parts of the stick, as hereinafter fullydescribed.

Aand B are the two parts of the sticks, which are made of the usual sizeand length. To the end of the lower part A of the stick is attached ahook, O, which enters and fits into a slot in the end of the other partB, to lock the said ends together.

Through transverse holes in the center and other end of the part A arepassed strips D of spring metal, the end parts of which are bent upwardso as to press against the sides of the other part B and lock the twoparts together. The ends of the spring-clamps D are inclined outwardslightly, so that the part B can be readily pressed down into place.

To the face of one of the parts, as A, near its side edges, and to theface of the other part, 'as B, at its center, are attached cords E, ofcandle-wick or other suitable material, to hold the threads securely,asindica-ted in Fig. 2.

With this construction, the stick can be readily and quickly applied tothe threads, and will hold them securely while being dipped in the pasteand manipulated to form anthers, seed-vessels, fruit, and other devicesupon the ends of the threads.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Paten t 1. The hook O and the spring-clamps D in combinationwith the parts A B of the stick, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

2. The combination of the three cords E with the faces of the parts A B.of the stick, substantially as herein shown and described.

A. GIRAUDAT. Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, T. B. Mosnnn.

